on $100k a year, leaving San Luis Obispo
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riverside
CA
33.98°N
117.37°W
Riverside is where the navel orange got its start in America, with the parent tree from 1873 still alive and producing fruit on a downtown corner. The Mission Inn is a wildly ornate Spanish Revival hotel that hosts the country's biggest holiday lights festival. Riverside's downtown is genuinely walkable, with citrus groves still scattered through the foothills. Summers are dry and bright, with the foothills cooling the evenings.
the verdict
under San Luis Obispo, every month
Riverside gives you room San Luis Obispo doesn't. Same gross salary, lower monthly cost of living.
a quick ledger.
$2,493/mo
19% cheaper than San Luis Obispo(vs $3,095/mo)
9.3%
vs 9.3% in San Luis Obispo
$5,065/mo
$602 more than San Luis Obispo
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$595k
36% cheaper than San Luis Obispo
vs $934k in San Luis Obispo
4.7M
vs 282k in San Luis Obispo
field notes, weather & such.
249
pleasant days a year, in riverside.
San Luis Obispo actually gets more: 303 pleasant days a year. Warm, not extreme: 47 days clear 95°, vs 14 back in San Luis Obispo.
Noticeably quieter than San Luis Obispo. About 40% fewer events on a typical month.
69/100
1% higher than San Luis Obispo
vs 68/100 in San Luis Obispo
Closest outdoor draw: San Bernardino National Forest, 17.9 mi.
92/100
6% lower than San Luis Obispo
vs 98/100 in San Luis Obispo
14
367% more than San Luis Obispo
vs 3 nonstops in San Luis Obispo
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